| The Women’s Counselling (WC) | Non-governmental organization | Gender Equality | Gender Based Violence | Through long lasting experience, the Women’s Counselling provides expert knowledge regarding equal rights as human rights, violence against women and girls, women entrepreneurship and various legal and social work issues. Advice on the founding, organization and operation of a volunteer NGO is also provided.
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| The Women’s Shelter (WS) | Non-governmental organization | Gender Equality | Gender Based Violence | The Women’s Shelter in Iceland is the only Shelter of its kind in Iceland. It provides women and their children a shelter when staying at their own home is not safe or possible due to violence.
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| túrí ehf | Cultural institution | Culture | History | A small Icelandic-German enterprise concentrating on Storytelling for adults and children with applications (textile artwork). One-woman-show.
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| United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GRÓ-GEST) | Research Institute/University | Gender Equality | Gender Budgeting | The GEST programme offers short courses as a part of its academic programme which are specialized trainings catered to the needs of professionals in different fields and can be offered on site, and tailored to the need of the organization/institution
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| University of Iceland - Department of Environment and Natural Resources | Research Institute/University | Research | Sustainable solutions | The Environment and Natural Resources Programme at University of Iceland conducts high quality research on energy and natural resource issues, with a particular emphasis on energy development and wellbeing, climate change mitigation and adaptation, land-use (including conservation and focus on ecosystem services) in various contexts and corporate social responsibility.
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| Vatnaskil | Private company | Research | Urban Planning | Vatnaskil is a private SME providing specialized consultancy on a broad range of natural and engineered systems. Our expertise lies in developing conceptual and computational models of these systems and applying them to solve issues related to resource development and management, climate change mitigation, urban planning, structural design, health and the environment.
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| Verkis ehf. | Private company | Energy | Sustainable solutions | Verkis offers high quality engineering service worldwide on sustainable solution. Our expertise lies in the development, design and construction of reliable infrastructure. For the past 90 years we have taken a big part in developing and designing the Icelandic infrastructure that needs to withstand the island’s strong natural forces. Our primary goal is a reliable solution that fits your requirements.
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| Vigdís International Centre / Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute | Research Institute/University | Gender Equality | Literature | Roma in the Centre is an initiative uniting several Romani Studies related projects under the auspices of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding. It is a sign of our long-term commitment to research and popularise — in Iceland, in Nordic countries, in Europe and globally — the literature and culture of the Roma/Gypsies. The centrality of the Romani agency is crucial for the initiative´s approach.
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| Vinnslan listhópur | Non-governmental organization | Gender Equality | Performing arts | Vinnslan is a not for profit organisation who focuses in making and producing live art that is controversial and has deep political, social and humanitarian meaning to it. Vinnslan is made up of 5 artists who work interdiciplinary across borders with as flat structure as possible.
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| Women of Multicultural Ethnicity Network – W.O.M.E.N. in Iceland | Non-governmental organization | Gender Equality | Intersectional Feminism | W.O.M.E.N in Iceland can offer advice regarding our ‘best practices’ in working with marginalized women of foreign origin living in Iceland. We can share information regarding projects we have worked within our sixteen-year tenure here in Iceland.
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